13 Ngā tukanga

Part 1 Preliminary provisions and provisions relating to establishment of Māori Television Service and functions, etc, of Service and Te Mātāwai

New clause 5A

After clause 5 (page 30, after line 21), insert:

5A Acknowledgement of the Crown

(1)

The Crown acknowledges the detrimental effects of its past policies and practices that have, over the generations, failed actively to protect and promote the Māori language and encourage its use by iwi and Māori, matters that—

(a)

have been recorded in evidence given to the Waitangi Tribunal; and

(b)

the Crown has acknowledged in deeds of settlement entered into with iwi to settle their claims under the Treaty of Waitangi.

(2)

The Crown expresses its commitment to work in partnership with iwi and Māori to continue actively to protect and promote this taonga, the Māori language, for future generations.

Explanatory note

This Supplementary Order Paper amends a number of clauses in the Māori version to align the language more accurately with the English version of the Bill. The amendments to wehenga 1, 2, 6A, and 8 correct capitalisation to achieve consistency with the convention for titles to clauses. Wehenga 5A hou sets out in the Māori language the Crown’s acknowledgement of the detrimental effects of past policies and practices in relation to the Māori language, as evidenced before the Waitangi Tribunal and recorded in deeds of settlement. The clause iterates the Crown’s commitment to working with iwi and Māori to protect and promote the Māori language for future generations. The amendment to the cross-heading above wehenga 6A and the change to the heading of that clause align those elements with their English equivalent. The change in wehenga 15 is a grammatical change.

The change in Āpitihanga 3 in the item relating to Ngāti Paoa corrects a typographical error, and the change to the item relating to Ngāti Mākino clarifies that the iwi is part of the Te Arawa iwi confederation. In Te Āpitihanga 3A hou, the group Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i te Reo Māori is removed in response to a request from that group. The changes in Āpitihanga 4, wehenga 7(2) and 11(3) make grammatical corrections, and wehenga 13 is replaced to reflect the change in the English version at Schedule 4, clause 13.

The amendment at Āpitihanga 7 provides for a new heading, in English, to be inserted in the Māori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Māori) Act 2003, aligning this amendment with that in Schedule 7.

In the English version of the Bill, the following changes are required to match the changes in the Māori version:

new clause 5A, which expresses the Crown’s acknowledgement of the detrimental effects of past policies and practices in relation to the Māori language, as evidenced before the Waitangi Tribunal and recorded in deeds of settlement. The clause iterates the Crown’s commitment to working with iwi and Māori to protect and promote the Māori language for future generations:

the item relating to Ngāti Mākino in Schedule 3 is amended to align that item with the change in Āpitihanga 3:

the change in New Schedule 3A aligns the schedule with the change in Te Āpitihanga 3A:

in Schedule 4, a technical amendment is made to clause 7(2):

in Schedule 4, clause 13 is amended to impose an obligation on Te Mātāwai to regulate its own procedure.

Departmental disclosure statement

Te Puni Kōkiri considers that a departmental disclosure statement is not required to be prepared for this Supplementary Order Paper.